Is it Worthwhile to Publicly Finance Campaigns? - Thomas Mann

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/01/Thomas_E_Mann_Financing_American_Elections Thomas Mann addresses Barack Obama's decision to decline public funds for his campaign, arguing that the existence of Party Committees, PACs, and other independent groups essentially negate funding limits for any Presidential candidate. ----- Thomas E. Mann discusses Financing American Elections: A Turning Point in 2008? as a part of Restoring Legitimacy to Our Election System during the 2008 Chautauqua Institution morning lecture series. Thomas E. Mann is the W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution. The author of numerous books on American government, and a contributor to major magazines and newspapers like Washington Post and New York Times, he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mann has served as co-director (with Ornstein) of the Transition to Governing Project and senior counselor (with Ornstein) to the Continuity of Government Commission.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: September 24, 2008 at 10:44 am
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Tags: barack obama mccain pac dnc rnc democratic republican national committees party political action attack ads campaign finance reform

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CognosSquare (Thursday 25th of September 2008 04:50:12 PM)
95% of all paid for advertising is absolute shit and hinders actual discussion. Robot-callers, Ad hominem attacks, swift boating, pageantry, photo-ops, the "empty rhetoric on a picture" ones, phony radio dramatizations, ad infinitum... Limit the pr-funds to 10 million public or corporate. Keep debates on TV, in editorials and on the internet. -Those are good. Who actually wants all the rest?
ferrozm (Wednesday 24th of September 2008 01:48:51 PM)
public financing of campaigns is horrible. the govt steals from tax-payers to fund their monopoly.
SirWinstonChurchill (Wednesday 24th of September 2008 11:53:59 PM)
Welfare for politicians and lawyers...